History Of Math
- 1. History of Math ED 205 Section 06 By Lia Day
- 2. Author Lia Day was born in Detroit, Michigan. Her mother was a teacher and her father was a lawyer. At a very young age Lia realized that she was great at math, and loved helping other people. Putting these two skills together, she realized that the only career choice for her, was to be a math teacher. Quit
- 3. Contents Math in Africa Euclid Karl Friedrich Gauss Joseph-Louis Lagrange Niels Henrik Abel Resources
- 4. Math in Africa In Africa math was used in many ways. From building and irrigation, to hunting. Many of the first math genius were from Egypt. Some of the first written Documents on math came from Egypt Quit
- 5. Math in Africa cont. The first written numerals came from Egypt, around 3100 BC. They also had some of the earliest calendars using numbers. The concept of zero was also discovered in Ancient Africa. Quit Click to view video on history of math
- 6. Euclid Euclid produced the most influential mathematical textbook of all time, the Elements. Euclids main contribution was in the area of geometry, and what is now called Euclids Lemma, and the Euclidean algorithm. Quit
- 7. Karl Friedrich Gauss Considered the greatest mathematician of all time. He was born in Germany in 1777. He provided a proof for the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra. He also introduced the idea of congruence classes. When he died, he requested to have a 17 sided polygon, his disovery carved on his tombstone. Quit
- 8. Joseph Louis-Lagrange Lagrange was born in Italy in 1736. He had a hand in the numbering of the metric system. He was responsible for a few proofs in the area of calculus. He also helped in the area of finding the area under a curve, and thus came the idea of Lagrange multipliers. Quit Click to view video on history of calculus
- 9. Niels Henrik Abel Abel was born in Norway in 1802. He proved by the age of 18 that there existed no formula for finding roots of polynomials of degree greater than four. His work was never recognized while he was still alive. His only published work was not accepted because it was too hard to follow since it was so short. Quit
- 10. Conclusion of Mathematicians The mathematicians who prove the theorems that we use everyday are usually not recognized past having a formula named after them. Most students have no idea why they do the things they do in mathematics, and do not question it either. However, it is important to know where these things come from, and who they came from. Quit
- 11. Video on Math in Africa Click above to view video Quit Back to previous slide
- 12. Video on the History of Calculus Click above to view video Quit Back to previous slide
- 13. Resources Information on Niels Henrik Abel http://fermatslasttheorem.blogspot.com/2006/02/niels-henrik-abel.html Information on Euclid http://www.groups.dcs.stand.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Euclid.html Information on Lagrange http://www-groups.dcs.stand.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Lagrange.html Quit
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